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“Would it were day” I have said to myself many times over the course of the April. Jetlag has really taken its toll. However, somewhat fortunately and unlike the Constable of France, I was not destined to fall to Welsh longbow men in a muddy French field. Business meetings, particularly boring ones, awaited me. It is also 2012 rather than 1415.

It has been a truly tedious month of travel, two days in Newcastle, a week in Shanghai, three days in Auckland and almost two weeks in Blighty. ...

April is here already so it is time to reflect on the second half of March and look ahead to a very hectic month of travel.

March was an unusual month for me, I might even call it odd, it saw two milestones reached. The first, QF P1 and more importantly the second - the retention of VA/DJ Platinum for 2012/2013. I still need another 35 SC’s to be a genuine platinum in my mind though.

My return from Brazil was to be swiftly followed by a trip to Blighty......and not flying ...

We are travelling to South America next month ---Peru, Argentina, Ecuador, Brazil.

We are uncertain of the best way to access mobile phones /SIM cards/ internet etc and would welcome advice from those who have been there recently .

Also , are ATMs reasonably available and is is best to use local currency or USD ??

Thanks

Kevvie

August 12th 2012 is the last day of the 2012 Olympics in London. Soon after one would expect an exodus of people - participants and visitors out of the London airports.

Does anyone know if the airlines will be putting on additional flights to take their passengers home? If so, one would expect them to fly the planes with additional capacity in and therefore would make sense to fill as many seats as possible, creating the possibility of cheaper fares for anyone looking to fly into London ...

Is it me or does the QF SYD F lounge appear to have the exclusivity of a JQ flight these days? There seems to be more and more folk in the lounge every time I’m there, in fact, I can’t remember the last time I was able to walk in and get a table in the restaurant. As shocking as this sounds it is time for QF to raise the bar for WP.

Perhaps I’m just becoming more jaded as travel consumes an even greater part of my life, but I just want some peace and quiet before departure, my frame ...